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I know that the world is going a little nut with aliens, their technology, and the stuff the governments around the world are not telling us.

The alien aspect within the Bible is intriguing and it has all of the controversies of good, bad, real and unreal. Ezekiel and his wheel, Elijah and being taken into heaven and the titan himself Enoch and the mystery around him just to name a few.

Now, the last two were more of transportation descriptions but, it makes a point to say, “…hey! What in the world really happened back then?”

I wanted to add an aspect of aliens into the comic. Not because I wanted to do some cheap knock off of some other comic, but to show that, if God created the universe, then He must have created everything else. So, my thoughts are to take the alien theme, use some of Enoch and the Nephilim, Giants and the Elioud.

Now, the way I put it together was that there was a race of superhumans or what we would call Giants on the Earth in the range of 9ft – 15ft. But, unlike the Earth Giants, these were not of the Fallen stock, they were created and were born of a different lineage of man.

This group is known as the Sentry and they were created in the shape and likeness of the man on Earth. But, they were bred for one thing, to be Watchmen of the outer rim of the universe. Even out here there was evil and there was also species that went away from God’s will. So, he made them to protect the weak and to wipe out the insane, corrupt, and demonically evil. He made a like and unfaulty version of the Medes (Jeremiah 51:11) in space and he called the Sentry. A peaceful race of caretakers, farmers, naturalist, beings who worked with their hands, made peace, were enlightened with their desires of science, knowledge, math, justice and living in harmony with their surroundings.

Vegetarians from the beginning, animals did not fear them and nature worked with them. They were healers of the land and lived with nature and made their culture weave within nature’s design.

So, the Sentry lived quietly in the deepest reaches of the universe and quietly made their society one to marvel. Alien lifeforms noticed them and documented their advancement of their society and would interact with alien species on regular occurrences.

Beings from other planets, universes and dimensions know of the Sentry as a peaceful nature of giants who respect the world they inhabit. But, many on the far reaches of the universe know of their other side of a society of warriors that once summoned to a task by their Lord, nothing would stand in their way until the task was completed.

Very few know of Sentries ways, but one race of evil that has been touched by the lies of the underworld has tasted their wrath a number of times, the Scves.

I have been talking with very talented people about helping me get the next stories out drawn out. Like a lot of people I work and have to make a living until my dreams can make a living for me.

So, I started to hit the Internet and looking for a solid artist to help me. I am hopefully working with a man who has the skills to make it happen. But, I am waiting to see if his situation with his life can allow him to assist me.

But in the meantime, I will do what I can to turn the page for this effort. I am going to be making some hats and other products that I can put the logo and the artwork on and hopefully make some change and apply it to this effort. I figure I a lot of art, why not use it.

WAR

Back in the day, about 20 years ago, I dreamed of what the demon or the spirit of war looked like. I believed that war was not a person nor a beast, but a significant force that was brought upon by the ego and the greed of human kind.

With a little help from an artist that I gave some money to and some cereal (starving college student), I was able to come up with a vision that satisfied my dream / vision.

He, in the physical sense, was a complicated and tactical being with the ability to wage war and cause chaos within any being with a limited and weak spirit. His primary mission was to wage war on humanity and drive men (plural sense) to Sin and eventually Death.

My vision of this being is portrayed in the comic as a Principal Demon towards Sin. A general of sorts who leads all the armies of destruction and hell.

His background is as follows, in regards to human history.

Background

War – Weight 2500 lbs – Height 8′ 5″ or larger

War is an aggressive spirit that leads other demons and imps to carry out his plans. He first came into the world through the war of the Four Kings vs. the Chedorlaomer Empire in (Genesis 14).

In his world, he has very few who can equal his strength, knowledge, intellect and power. Although he is constantly being challenged from his own ranks of demon leaders and their troops. But, he is served by a number of significant demons who follow his every command.

His army is vast, and he has various levels of demons for any situation. The demons, as well as War, are versed in the Word of God and know scripture and knows of all faiths religions and those that who claim to be atheists by at the mere site of this demon will call upon the Savior when he and his hoard are near. His goal is to bring the organized world into armed conflict with one another and cause the end of human existence.

His goal is to bring the organized world into armed conflict with one another and cause the end of human existence.

So, here I am about to take a step out in the world of opportunity and into an arena that I only dream and think about. But, I have to do walk in order to move.

The coolest thing that I have ever heard come out of my mouth was, “…God can’t direct a stationary body!”

publishing company strictly for the niche market of Christian Graphic Novels and Comics / Comix (European).

Soon, very soon, I will provide an area for developers to submit their material and information as to how and what I am looking for regarding the publishing.

One of the biggest things that I am looking for is significant art; storyline and tight, tight graphics that are anatomically correct and stand out.

The one of thing that I have seen with ‘some’ faith based artist is the art is not up to par with the genre it is trying to compete with. The pencils and the technical aspects of the comic have to be as superior or better in order to get people to take “us “ seriously.

I know that I have spent a lot of money on getting other artist, better than myself, to draw my stories.

SIN

Yes, it is expensive. Yes, it is a set back. But, how would you want your story to be seen and viewed when people take their first peak at it?

Exactly, you want that – “…WOW!” and, “…man that is nice”, or “…hmmm, this is pretty good.”

So, the tighter the pencils and the better the anatomy, the better the results with me.

Questions

Storyline

• We need AWESOME story lines that will capture the readers and eventually others attention.

• Storylines like what? Man (and WoMan as well) God gave you the idea, jot it on paper, give it to an artist and send it in.

Controversial Stuff

• What if the story is controversial? Well, if you are talking about porn…then this is not the place. But, if you are talking about real world adult stuff like; bills, life, drugs, problems in a marriage, sex before marriage (will be reviewed) and other touchy subjects, problems at home, real world drama like being deployed, conspiracy theories, hero’s, anti hero’s, drugs, fighting an addiction, etc.

• If you have something like that – then let’s dance partner, I’m all in.

Money

• Here is the plan for this. I will take your project and the best comic projects that are selected. Run them through a art / comic rubric. Decide which project is going to be pushed through a Print on Demand Publisher, to later be placed in a Perfect Bound Binding with a cover and submitted to a number of alternative distributors for the college and library media arenas.

• In addition this particular publication will be pushed e-publishing sites and placed through the vendor for POD direct orders

• The other comics, even those in that were selected, will be put through a number of e-publisher channels that we have been working on developing relationships with. Once in these channels then we will submit them as underneath one publishing arena and push an electronic marketing campaign to assist with the purchase of your project.

How are you paid?

• Each project will have an account set up within the submitting publishers main account to coincide with the e-pub printer. That e-pub will direct sales and statistics back towards us and we will provide statistics and details to you along with any commissions based off of your sales within the various channels that we have accounts with.

How many accounts do you have now?

• We are working on three e-pub accounts now and then we are planning on doubling that within the a number of months and then continuing to push content to as many avenues as possible by the end of the year.

Does it cost me anything?

• No! All you have to do is just submit a quality product and the team will review it with our rubric and we will contact you if we are go for lift off.

What if I have talent and I want to join your bunch of merry men (and WoMen) ?

• Sure I game. Send me a resume, some samples of your work. Your thoughts and an idea of how you fit in.

Wait! I can do this myself! I do not need you.
• Yes! So go with God and become what you want.

Will I make a lot of money if I come and help you out?

• Haha! Yes, one day we all will young Jedi!

• Actually, this is a-learn as we go kind of thing. We are focusing on making it work for others so we can eventually get financial compensation when the ship starts to sail.

• Where do I send my material in?
o We are securing space and that will be posted very soon on a number of channels and sites.
• How long will it take me to know?
o When we get the site up and all the submission platforms workout we will inform all people
• How do I keep informed?
o I guess just check in from time to time or follow the blog.

After thinking, I feel it best to start a small Graphic Novel Publisher that focuses on Christian and Alternative Christian Graphic Novels. Now before people start acting like they are foaming at the mouth and asking “…what do you mean Alternative Christian?” By this I mean, alternative story lines other than just the Bible Stories and or the good kiddie stuff that is on Veggie Tales (which I love and I love the My Cheeseburger episode…classic) and basic David and Goliath kind of animation. Those are great, but times have changed and so has the Christian audience.

But, there has got to be something else for those that are not going to pick up the King James, NIV Bibles and something different for those who are not going to go to church, listen to a message or talk to the Gideons on the street corner.

Maybe they will pick up a hard knocks story of a kid who is down on his luck and has to turn to selling weed and then finds out there is more to life than slinging dope and working the corner. Or maybe there can be a story of a girl who has to run the streets to make ends meet and has to do some ‘thangs’ in order to take care of her family, kids, mom, dad whatever.

Personally, I have created the Judgment series to answer this exact problem. It is not the cookie cutter novel, and as the story line gets going there are characters in this thing that resemble life and the issues of lust, temptation, desire and others that make men and women do dumb things.

My goal is to really start getting some solid information setup for those who want to submit. But first, I need to really start working on securing a couple digital press accounts and getting some e-pub accounts lined up.

I believe the best way to publish graphic novels is to develop it as an e-pub with one ISBN to track it and then work as many digital venues as possible with direct sales from the various big chain websites.

No, I am not really thinking of the brick and mortar folks like, Lifeway, Family Christian and Mardel. They have resends and various chargeback policies, returns and other stuff. Plus the Bricks have specific numbers for them to cover their costs and make money, so the margin for profit on my side would be limited.

So, if you have some skills and you want to help, or you know someone, or you just want to do what the IT world does with technology and do a start-up with a dude who likes comics….leave a comment.

lance

A lot to think about and do…just sort of daunting to set something like this up that is so needed.

Well, after some time off, I think it is time to get back on the horse.

I have taken some time away from my project of love and have decided to give it a final go.

This thing has been in me and on me for since 1996 and I am getting ready to “finally” publish the comic (self publishing) and soon to release some newer t-shirts.

My goal is to create a e-publishing firm for the alternative Christian crowd. I know….people are always saying, “…how can you be alternative and Christian?” I explain it like this – God is more than what they deliver at Chrurch, and Christ does not just worship with those who where nice clothes! Meaning, you can be in the dumps and not doing so well in life and HE still has a Calling for you and your life – regardless of what “THEY” say.

Something that I have been kicking around for years. So, I am going for it. I have a project up on IndiGoGo to raise the funds to start as a small Christian comic publishing firm that will service Christian comic developers.